Washington Capitols

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defunct basketball team professional basketball team

The Washington Capitols were a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., that played in the early years of what would become the NBA.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Washington Caps	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct basketball team ⓘ professional basketball team ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
conference	Eastern Division ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1951 ⓘ
firstSeason	1946–47 ⓘ
headCoach	Red Auerbach ⓘ
homeArena	Uline Arena ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
lastSeason	1950–51 ⓘ
league	Basketball Association of America ⓘ National Basketball Association ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
madePlayoffs	1946–47 BAA season ⓘ 1948–49 BAA season ⓘ 1949–50 NBA season ⓘ
notablePlayer	Bob Feerick ⓘ Bones McKinney ⓘ Earl Lloyd ⓘ
owner	Uline Arena ⓘ surface form: Uline Arena Corporation
playedEarlyYearsOf	National Basketball Association history ⓘ
playedIn	Eastern Division ⓘ surface form: BAA Eastern Division Eastern Conference ⓘ surface form: NBA Eastern Division
reachedFinals	1948–49 BAA Finals ⓘ
seasonRecord1946_47	49–11 ⓘ
shortName	Caps ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
teamColors	green ⓘ white ⓘ

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Earl Lloyd → NBAdebutTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Earl Lloyd → draftedBy → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Bones McKinney → employer → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Red Auerbach → employer → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Red → employer → Washington Capitols ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Auerbach

1948–49 BAA season → finalsLosingTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

1948–49 BAA season → finalsRunnerUp → Washington Capitols ⓘ

1946–47 BAA season → hadTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Eastern Division → hasPart → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Bob Feerick → headCoachOf → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Uline Arena → hostedTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Bob Feerick → memberOfSportsTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Bones McKinney → memberOfSportsTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Earl Lloyd → memberOfSportsTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

1948–49 BAA season → newTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Basketball Association of America → notableTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

BAA → notableTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

subject surface form: Basketball Association of America

Earl Lloyd → playedFor → Washington Capitols ⓘ

1948–49 BAA season → runnerUp → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Oakland Oaks → successorTeam → Washington Capitols ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Caps

Bob Feerick → team → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Red Auerbach → teamCoached → Washington Capitols ⓘ

Red → teamCoached → Washington Capitols ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Auerbach